tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post8814326344190763557..comments2024-03-29T04:23:31.740-05:00Comments on Tales of Faerie: Curiosity, Eve, and blaming womenKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-91960392781496420782023-06-29T11:52:46.697-05:002023-06-29T11:52:46.697-05:00When it comes to Bluebeard, the story is rather am...When it comes to Bluebeard, the story is rather ambiguous as to what is right or wrong. I can agree that the morality of the tale is strange given the situation.<br />The morality of the story of creation is also nuanced. You are right in saying that God punishes them each and does not lay blame on specifically Adam or Eve as they had both failed in their own way. However, that was the point to be taken away, not that there was someone to blame. It was even impressed in the fact that Eve blamed the snake and Adam blamed his wife. The idea was to show that we are naturally inclined to blame others rather than wear the shame for ourselves. All this to say Adam is not excused for protecting his wife or participating in the sin himself, but Eve is also guilty of being tempted. If there was any comparison of Bluebeard's wife to Eve, it was to show in their odd way the dangers of temptation. Again, if this were a less morally ambiguous story, the context would be that a husband is someone you marry because you love and trust them. I see the context of Bluebeard as at best an unorthodox occasion for comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-4473988110527733972021-03-04T12:40:35.470-06:002021-03-04T12:40:35.470-06:00Whats a present example of how women get blamed fo...Whats a present example of how women get blamed for curiosity<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-3151993380475031912014-11-20T10:33:41.396-06:002014-11-20T10:33:41.396-06:00Thank you! The fairy tales we know today are usual...Thank you! The fairy tales we know today are usually strange mixtures of the older, pre-Christian versions, with Christian morals later added on, and you're right, the topic doesn't get too much attentionKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-5953653231174086932014-11-20T09:28:29.802-06:002014-11-20T09:28:29.802-06:00As someone who enjoys folklore, I not only liked t...As someone who enjoys folklore, I not only liked this, but I also appreciate you taking the time to explain the flawed theology behind the Eve-blaming stories. I don't often see theology and folklore together, and I wish I did more. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269740316455465643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-26194532753761597782014-02-17T14:17:17.518-06:002014-02-17T14:17:17.518-06:00I wasn't aware of the version in the Koran, I&...I wasn't aware of the version in the Koran, I'll have to check that out sometime.<br /><br />Yes, the whole "moral" of Bluebeard is infuriating on so many levels. Yet the imposed moral contradicts the fairy tale itself, which punishes Bluebeard and NOT the wife. It goes to show that the story itself is more powerful than the lessons we insert into them at each period in history, and I'm always reminded to be grateful for how vastly far we have come in terms of gender equality...Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-58780868960305426132014-02-14T20:33:51.234-06:002014-02-14T20:33:51.234-06:00I remember in my History of Western Civilization c...I remember in my History of Western Civilization class in college we read the Koran's version of the Adam and Eve story which didn't really go into much detail about who was tempted and ate the fruit. I thought that was a nice take.<br /><br />I find using the "Bluebeard" story as a means of condemning women's curiosity very flawed when you consider the fact that old Bluebeard was essentially a SERIAL MURDERER! Without the wife's curiosity, what would the happy ending have been? That she lives happily ever after with a man who had secretly killed all his past lives. Her curiosity essentially revealed him for the killer he was and led to the conflict that would be his undoing. If there's any sin in this story, a little curiosity from the female lead is the least of it!Adam Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129844426168129584noreply@blogger.com